Cool! Look at this video produced by the New York Public library in collaboration with one my my favorite blogs Design Sponge.
Essentially, they are going to follow around five different kinds of designers/artists as they cull the NYPL looking for inspiration. In this first video of the series they introduce the designers and their respective mediums. Very neat stuff! Can’t wait to see the other parts of the series.
The New York Public Library holds a wealth of unexpected sources of inspiration for artists and designers—from vintage valentines and textile patterns, to fabric samples and turn-of-the-century menus from around the world. For this online-only miniseries, “Design by the Book,” the Library partnered with the leading design blog Design*Sponge to invite five New York City-based artists to sift through our collections in search of inspiration. Stay tuned for future episodes as the artists, who range from a glassblower to a letterpress printer, create unique works inspired by what they found; special guest Isaac Mizrahi will also join us to share his sources of inspiration. The artists are: Lorena Barrezueta, Rebecca Kutys, Mike Perry, John Pomp and Julia Rothman. Music by Clear Tigers.
I very rarely share blog posts, but I think that anyone who is going any kind of promotion/outreach/marketing or whatever you call it should read this.
My friend Alex Rivera just called me, and while we were catching up she told me that she just saw an article in the Atlantic Monthly that made her think of me. It was called “Is Google Making us Stupid?“
I said, “Oh yeah I saw that a few weeks ago, but…” and then we both started laughing…
I said, “Do you know what I am about to say?” and she said, “Yeah, you aren’t ready to talk about it because you just skimmed it”
hehehhehehehhehehehhe!
I’m absolutely in love with these time traveling travel posters designed by Amy Martin. All the procceds go to 826LA, a non-profit writing and tutoring center.
Rather than simply pandering to a younger demographic Discovery’s new channel, Planet Green, came up with a pretty inspired & humorous promo spot. The acting isn’t oscar caliber but this certainly will connect with their target audience a heck of a lot better than paying them to read a list of reasons why being eco-friendly is the prudent thing to do.
You have to give it to them for pulling this commercial off, it’s extremely hard to successfully use celebrities (Rocker Tommy Lee & Rapper Ludacris) as spokespeople.
Just look at this terrible example from TNT for the 2008 NBA playoffs featuring Terrence Howard as a comparison. EEEKKKK:
Mary and I are so excited!!! We are going to start doing some pro-bono work for the Adams County SPCA in Pennsylvania soon. Which means we get to work with the awesome Lisa Conklin, their director of development.
We will keep you updated on what we come up with. This is really exciting for us since we are both huge animal lovers:
Penguin UK is re-releasing Ian Fleming’s classic James Bond novels with these BEAUTIFUL covers illustrated by Michael Gillette. Here are a few of my favorites, but they are all worth ogling.
